The 2023 Brother Thomas cohort is the largest in the program history - and perhaps its most diverse, bringing the total awarded to artists through the program to nearly $1.4 million in its history.

The grants to 12 organizations represent the first from the Fund, which will supplement region-wide efforts to support migrant families arriving in the state.

Two major disasters in a two-day period - the devastating earthquake in Morocco and catastrophic flooding in Libya - have killed thousands and displaced entire communities. These organizations are doing the challenging work of leading the recovery efforts.

The new report from Boston Indicators takes a close look at the landscape of programs that are expanding access to homeownership for lower- and moderate-income families in Massachusetts and closing racial homeownership gaps - and the policy changes needed to expand their impact.

Telemundo reports that the MA Migrant Families Relief Fund has donated $570,000 to community organizations that assist migrant families, connecting with Vetto Casado on the goal of the fund to ensure that families arriving in MA have their basic needs met.

At BBJ’s Race, Equity and Business event, Boston leaders shared insights spotlighting MA's migrant crisis and the fund created by TBF and United Way of MA Bay to help drive resources. Danielle Kim of TBF's Asian Community Fund also spoke on healthcare challenges facing the AAPI community in MA.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Telemundo interviews Javier Juarez and Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, spotlighting the positive impact of TBF's Latino Equity Fund on hundreds of Hispanic families in MA.

The Asian Business Empowerment Council joined leaders from state business groups across MA in signing a letter urging the Biden administration to allot more federal funding to address the migrant crisis and to speed up work authorizations for migrants.

A new report from Boston Indicators crafts a first-of-its-kind landscape analysis of programs making it easier for lower- and moderate-income families to afford homes, from mortgage access, to down payment assistance and more, along with policy recommendations that could make these programs more impactful.

The new brief, from the Asian Business Empowerment Council in partnership with Boston Indicators and the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, explores key data on AAPI-owned businesses and the opportunities to strengthen them.

A new report from TBF, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and CHAPA finds opportunities to strengthen and expand the state's emergency rental assistance programs.

The latest update to the Boston Opportunity Agenda's study of supply and demand for early education and care in Boston finds pandemic-related investments helped avert a crists, but a continuing shortage of places for children in infant and toddler classrooms.